Aa
Scared/Anxious
Hello,
About 2 Month's ago I had broken up with my girlfriend, during the weekend after we had broken up
I had sex with two women one of which was unprotected and she was white if it makes any difference. The other women I had sex with was black but we had protected sex and I had unprotected oral with both of them. About 3 weeks after those two particular sexual incidents I had unprotected oral with another women who was a csw, 2 weeks after I noticed a small herpes type lesion on my penis. I went to my doctor and had a test it was confirmed that I had HSV 2, he also tested me for a wide range of other STD's( syphilis, gonorrhea etc.) including HIV. The HIV test was a blood test. That was exactly a month after the two vaginal sexual incidents all of those other tests were negative. Then I went to my local health department and got an oral rapid test which was also negative. My doctor has told me that I shouldn't worry about the HIV and that it is highly unlikely that I contracted that. He told me to come back in 6 weeks so we could talk about treatment options for the herpes and at which time he will do another blood test for the HIV. Since then I have been ridiculously stressed/scared/ anxious about having HIV. It's all I think about, I cant sleep and im going crazy with trying to focus on school since this is my last semester of college. I can handle herpes at first it was devastating to hear but I'm managing that and trying to move on, but the HIV reality is scaring the **** out of me help me!
About 2 Month's ago I had broken up with my girlfriend, during the weekend after we had broken up
I had sex with two women one of which was unprotected and she was white if it makes any difference. The other women I had sex with was black but we had protected sex and I had unprotected oral with both of them. About 3 weeks after those two particular sexual incidents I had unprotected oral with another women who was a csw, 2 weeks after I noticed a small herpes type lesion on my penis. I went to my doctor and had a test it was confirmed that I had HSV 2, he also tested me for a wide range of other STD's( syphilis, gonorrhea etc.) including HIV. The HIV test was a blood test. That was exactly a month after the two vaginal sexual incidents all of those other tests were negative. Then I went to my local health department and got an oral rapid test which was also negative. My doctor has told me that I shouldn't worry about the HIV and that it is highly unlikely that I contracted that. He told me to come back in 6 weeks so we could talk about treatment options for the herpes and at which time he will do another blood test for the HIV. Since then I have been ridiculously stressed/scared/ anxious about having HIV. It's all I think about, I cant sleep and im going crazy with trying to focus on school since this is my last semester of college. I can handle herpes at first it was devastating to hear but I'm managing that and trying to move on, but the HIV reality is scaring the **** out of me help me!
No it is not indicative of having HIV. As joggen stated collect your 3 months conclusive test result.
So having contracted herpes is no way indicative of having HIV? Also does the fact that I am uncircumcised bear any reason for concern also?
-Thanks
-Thanks
Have an Answer?
You are reading content posted in the HIV Prevention Community
Condoms are the most effective way to prevent HIV and STDs.
PrEP is used by people with high risk to prevent HIV infection.
Can I get HIV from surfaces, like toilet seats?
Can you get HIV from casual contact, like hugging?
Frequency of HIV testing depends on your risk.
Post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP) may help prevent HIV infection.
